What if Jesus looked at me, at my mess, and asked that question of himself? Is she worth it? He did ask if there was any other way (can you blame him?!) but he never asked if I was worth it.

So often I find myself wanting to skip the process and just arrive at the outcome in life, but it’s in the process that we grow and develop a deeper relationship with God.

God calls us to take leaps of faith, sometimes in seemingly trivial ways, and other times in ways that change our lives. How do we respond when God calls us? Do we trust that He will be with us through it all?

Once we understand that His gift comes from love and not for love, we can begin to live our lives from love and not for love.

God doesn’t want us to have to choose between our short-term and long-term happiness. He doesn’t ask us to always make the most responsible, most practical choice. He wants what’s best for us.

I hope you take a moment to let Jesus love the fear out of you. That you take a moment to think of whatever it is you feel disqualifies you from perfect love and surrender it to the full mercy of God. He really is a safe place. You don’t have to beg for what you already have. But, you can let what you already have inform the way you see God, yourself, and others. My friend, if you are in Christ, you have been totally forgiven already. The old is gone, the new has come. Don’t let mistakes of your past, present, or future displace the awareness of Jesus’ perfect sacrifice. He did not halfway purchase your freedom!

Yet faith, the bold types of faith that seeks to walk with Jesus as a reality and not just wear him as an accessory, learns how to live within the unresolved spaces. 

The Lord promises if we lay our yoke upon him that OUR burden will be light. SO, why aren’t we showing him the way to our clutter?